Framingham State University

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MSCAC · Bowditch Field · 5,300

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat UMass Dartmouth · our model 33% Framingham State University · a number, not a pick

LastW 33–21 at Husson · Sat Sep 5

Nextat UMass Dartmouth · Fri Sep 18 · 7 pm ET · Cressy Field · series 1-3

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1

Framingham State University · 2026 schedule & results1-0
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#563#503@HussonW 33–211-00-0
3Sep 18#561#500@UMass Dartmouth
4Sep 26#559#540@Bridgewater State
5Oct 3Fitchburg State
6Oct 10@Plymouth State
7Oct 17@Westfield State
8Oct 24Mass Maritime
9Oct 31Plymouth State
10Nov 7@Dean
11Nov 14Worcester State

Game Week

3d 23h

until kickoff · at UMass Dartmouth · Fri Sep 18 · 7 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Framingham State is the Massachusetts Ram with five undefeated regular seasons (2013–2021) under Tom Kelley's 18-year tenure, a program that has built sustained excellence at the regional MASCAC level without chasing national prominence.

Standard GapA Massachusetts state university with 54 years of football history (club…

Fans here believe five undefeated regular seasons merit exactly zero national media coverage. The chip is the invisibility of excellence — Framingham State football is real, but nobody outside Massach…

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The season in chapters

Ahead
Fri Sep 18Next: UMass Dartmouthat UMass Dartmouth · on the road

What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-4 · last season

Game feel48even gamescombined pts / game7th highest-scoring of 10 in the MSCAC
Heart rate4-3white-knucklein one-score games (7 of 11)1st most one-score games of 10 in the MSCAC
Margin+2.6competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 10 in the MSCAC

✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among MSCAC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Framingham State University has won three of its last five.

Mixed. 7-3 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 18

vs UMass Dartmouth · away

Outcome band · Framingham State University · 2026

Framingham State University's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Framingham State is the Massachusetts Ram with five undefeated regular seasons (2013–2021) under Tom Kelley's 18-year tenure, a program that has built sustained excellence at the regional MASCAC level without chasing national prominence.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

Framingham State University sits 6th in the MSCAC and 24th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — in the projected field with a seedable rating.

MSCAC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Bridgewater State1-02-065.0
2UMass Dartmouth1-01-158.0
3Mass Maritime1-02-055.1
4Worcester State1-01-139.0
5Fitchburg State1-11-147.9
6Framingham State0-01-067.8
7Westfield State0-10-233.0
8Dean0-20-230.7
67.8 CFB Zeitgeist#24 of 229 D339.7 strength of schedule

Win the MSCAC for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Rams.”
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